as in nubbly
having small pieces or lumps spread throughout
a nubby yarn that produces bumpy fabrics when woven
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Recent Examples of nubby
Loloi x Magnolia Home by Joanna Gaines Erin Pillow Cover
The windowpane design and nubby cotton of this throw pillow cover add dimension to a couch, sofa, or bed.
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Isabel Garcia, People.com, 27 July 2025
Those garments included curvaceous jackets with jodhpurs and slender gowns cut from both light-absorbing velvet and light reflecting satin.
At Chanel, meanwhile, the dark hue was used for military suits in nubby tweeds.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
In keeping with that environment, the canape dishes are served on rough-textured, sandstone-style dishware, and the patio staff wear unstructured, nubby wool jackets.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2025
Drawbacks of linen Linen’s slightly nubby, rougher texture may be perfect to one person and totally sandpapery to another.
—Kathleen Felton, SELF, 19 Nov. 2024
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Isabel Garcia, People.com, 27 July 2025
Those garments included curvaceous jackets with jodhpurs and slender gowns cut from both light-absorbing velvet and light reflecting satin.
At Chanel, meanwhile, the dark hue was used for military suits in nubby tweeds.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
In keeping with that environment, the canape dishes are served on rough-textured, sandstone-style dishware, and the patio staff wear unstructured, nubby wool jackets.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2025
Drawbacks of linen Linen’s slightly nubby, rougher texture may be perfect to one person and totally sandpapery to another.
—Kathleen Felton, SELF, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nubby
Adjective
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Lifting the lid revealed a small tart topped with a tongue of Spanish sea urchin, resting on a nubbly bed of cancha nuts.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Its conical Art Nouveau pinnacles have the lumpy beauty of sandcastles.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Driven by her smooth and emphatic playing, Spinal Tap comes close to losing its special lumpy Tap groove, its farcical Deep Purple mega-thump, and begins to sound disconcertingly like a proper band.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Some models suggest that K2-18b is a hycean world — an ocean planet with a thick atmosphere of hydrogen — and the signature of dimethyl sulfide was detected by the James Webb Space Telescope.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Its fabric is thick but not too heavy, according to reviewers, which is great for someone like me whose body temperature fluctuates constantly.—
Melody Kazel,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Wilson paired the look with white shoes, a coordinated cowgirl hat and a chunky statement belt at the waist, reminiscent of the Y2K trend but this time with a country core edge.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Sheer skirt & chunky knit As the weather changes, find that perfect between-season styling by getting creative with summery favorites.—
Aemilia Madden,
Glamour,
24 Sep. 2025
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Powder detergent can remain clumpy throughout the load and leave behind dusty residue once the cycle ends.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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However, unlike winds seen blowing from supermassive black holes near the Eddington limit, which are clumpy, the wind from GX13+1 flowed smoothly.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Nubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nubby. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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